SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008

Today is Saturday, October 25, the 299th day of 2008. There are 67 days left in the year.

1870 _ Postcards first used in U.S.

1945 _ Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek

1951 _ Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjeom

1960 _ First electronic wristwatch placed on sale, NYC

1962 _ American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature

1962 _ Stevenson demands USSR Amb. Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying, ``I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"

1963 _ Beatles begin their first full foreign tour in Sweden

1983 _ U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!)

1986 _ International Red Cross ousted from South Africa

1990 _ N.Y. Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)